Fence



T. K. HANSBBRRY.

` FENG?. A No. 290,578. Patent-.einem 18.1883. V191. F162. F195.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

THOMAS K. HANSBERRY, OF NORTON, KANSAS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATIONforIning part of Letters Patent No. 290,578, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed November l?, 1879.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs K. HnNsBERnY, oi' Norton, in the county of Norton and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Inlprovements in Farm-Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to made chiefly of metal; and the nature of my invention consists in an improved mode of laying and attaching to the posts the fence wires or cables, whereby these wires serve as a lock and brace for each one of the posts, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 illus trates a fencepost of the angular kind, showing my improved mode of attaching and laying the fence-wires. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are views of other forms of fence-posts which I may use in the construction of my fence.

A designates a fence-post, which may be made of angular or dat metal, or of T-shaped iron, and which is preferablyv secured to a wooden base, B, sunk into the ground, or secured by stakes upon the ground. The said angular posts are secured in the wooden bases B by first boring holes deeply into the bases, then driving the posts into the holes, and rigidly securing them therein by means of plugs D, as shown.

C designates the fence wires or cables, which are arranged horizontally, and secured to the dat sides of the fence-posts by means of wire staples c, which are passed through holes made through the posts and tightly twisted, so as to afford very strong fastenings for the fencewires. I rst pass a fence-wire through a staple, a, then forcibly draw the wire outward, forming a right angle at its turn around the staple, and then bendthe wire into line around fences which are the edge of the fence-post, forming a second right angle, which is lettered b, and against 4which the post abuts, as shown in the several gures of the drawings. These angles at b, together with the staple-fastenings a, will hold the posts very strongly and prevent them from being bent by any ordinary pressure which may be brought against them. v

Some of the advantages attending the laying of the fence-wires as above described-that is to say, with the angular bends in them at the posts-are the following: rst, should a wire be broken, it can only loosen between two posts, and, second, the strain is equally distributed on all the posts, and not put on the end posts only, as in the old ways of laying wires.

I am well aware that fences have been made by simply winding a wire or a band entirely around the posts, for the purpose, as is alleged, of holding the posts down in their places. This I do not claim.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A fence consisting of the following elements: a metallic angular post, a wooden base, to which the post is secured, a series of connecting fence-wires, the angles c b of these wires forming bearings for the posts, and the wire staples, which secure the fence-Wires to the posts between the edges thereof, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

THOMAS K. HANSBERRY.

Witnesses:

P. E. DYE, C. W. Davis. 

